Switched at Birth (2011–2017): Season 1, Episode 16 - Las Dos Fridas - full transcript

Bay gets her first taste of racial prejudice when her grandmother visits and her affection seems to have changed. Daphne is concerned when the girls from her old neighborhood call her an outsider. Toby hits a rough patch with Simone when he listens to Bay's comment that Simone is remodeling him. Adrianna decides to move back to East Riverside to give Regina some room.

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I remember thinking,
"Wow, this guy is magic."

"He can stop time."

Here's to ripping everything out

and starting all over again.

- You're sleeping with him, aren't you?
- Yes.

What's going to happen
when the girls find out?

I don't understand how you can

fall back in love with someone like that.

There's a warrant for Angelo in Italy.

- He's a fugitive.
- What?



You turned Angelo in!

You what?

I didn't turn anybody in.

Your parents didn't turn Angelo in.
I did.

No no, Sorrento, with two "r"s,

first name Angelo.

Could he be at a different
detention facility?

So he might not be in custody at all?

Okay, is there anybody there who

can give me a straight answer.

No no, don't put me on hold again...

Immigration has no record of him,

they are so disorganized.
I mean he could be deported already

and they wouldn't know.



Do you want some soup?
You haven't eaten anything.

No no, I'm fine.

Maybe they didn't find him.

What do you mean?

You told them where he lived.

And I told him I called immigration.

So maybe he left before they got there.

You told him? you couldn't
help it, could you?

You just had to let him know that you

were the one that blew the whistle.

And I don't regret it.

You were already sleeping with him.

Next you would start drinking again

and then you two would start
fighting and throwing things.

What, you have a crystal ball now?

I'm a grown woman!
I can make my own decisions.

But your decisions affect Daphne and Bay.

Don't involve the girls to justify
meddling in my business!

Stop it, please!

Angelo is gone and
he is still causing problems.

Angelo is gone and
you both don't even care!

- Bay, we didn't make him leave.
- If immigration

picked him up, there's nothing we can do.

You can call an immigration lawyer.

And didn't you both say that you

wanted to help him work all this out?

If he gets ahold of us, we will do that.

So you're just gonna stand
there and do nothing?

We can't put our lives on hold.
For one thing,

- your grandmother is coming tomorrow.
- So what?

- Bay!
- Honey, you love her.

You always have such
a great time with her.

Okay could you just both do me a favor and try

not to look so happy that he's gone.

You know, I'm wondering
if Angelo got himself deported

because your mom's coming to town.

That's not funny. She's not that bad.

Honey, that's the third time
you've cleaned the fridge this week.

Don't throw those away.

You know how critical
she is about my housekeeping.

Try having her as a business partner.

- Silent partner.
- Babe, she is never silent.

How long are we going to put up with

this whole partnership charade.

I don't need her investment in my business.

♪♪

It was to make her feel useful,
part of the family.

I wonder what her next grand
business idea is gonna be.

You like her grand ideas.

"Buy 10 car washes,
get 10 gallons of gas free."

That was hers, right?

One grand idea.

I'll keep her on a short leash.

You said that about Angelo.

It's only for a few days

and then she's back to Scottsdale.

We can handle her for a few days, right?

Hm-mmm.

Hey! uh, so...

Do you know if Regina has
heard anything from Angelo?

No, nothing.

Do you think he'll come back?

I don't know.

Maybe he'll call and let
us know where he is.

Don't wait for that to happen.

You'll be disappointed everytime
the phone rings and it's not him.

I know.

- I'd better go move my car.
- Bay.

For what it's worth,
I wasn't happy to see Angelo go either.

Really?

Hey, Bay, your thing is blocking me in.

I gotta pick up grandma at the airport.

Uh, okay, just hold on,
I'm gonna go get my keys.

Did mom warn you about grandma?

- Warn me?
- Sometimes she says things out loud

- that she probably shouldn't.
- Like Bay?

Times 50.

She may say something
stupid about you being deaf.

It's okay. I've been there.

On the plus side,
she brings good presents.

Honey, Elaine Dunbar just told me

that the Buckner board picked you
to paint a panel on the wall of honor.

- Did you know that?
- Yeah, it's customary

to inform the artist that's been chosen.

Well, honey, congratulations!
I am so proud of you.

- Thanks.
- Why didn't you say anything?

I was going to at the dinner with Angelo,

but then my parents'
lawyer dug up dirt on him

- and scared him away.
- That's not fair, Bay.

Grandma's here.

- Whoa!
- Hey, partner.

- How's business?
- ** great as always.

- Yeah.
- Grandma!

Cookie! Aw, honey!

Or should I say empanada?

- You can.
- Mom!

Hi darling.
** different with your hair.

- It's nice.
- No, it's... it's...

Mom, this is Daphne.

It's nice to meet you.

It's like looking at
your mother at your age.

I mean like the freckles! They're exact.

- It's incredible.
- She thinks that we look alike.

You know, you have the same

hearing aid my friend Lucy has.

It's hard to change the battery, isn't it?

- I've had lots of practice.
- Oh.

We've got so much catching up to do.

Everybody, come sit down. Come sit down!

Okay, let's see what we have here.

Um, well, this goes to Toby.

- Ah! thank you.
- You're welcome.

- And this one for Bay.
- Thank you, grandma.

And this

goes to...

For Daphne.

Thank you.

What is it?

A poker set?

Whoa! with gold chips.

No way! Ohhh.

Grandma, this is perfect!
How did you know?

Bonnie, that's very generous,

but Toby's not allowed to gamble.

- Aw, since when?
- Uh...

Well... That's okay. I'll just teach
you how to play bridge.

- Thank you, grandma.
- Uh, grandma,

they picked me to paint a mural...

Don't be shy. Go ahead
and open it, Daphne.

Oh, it's so pretty.

Now that was my grandmother's

and because you're the newest member

of the family, I want you to have it.

Thank you.

Call me grandma Bonnie.

Grandma Bonnie.

Grandma, they asked me to paint
part of a mural for school.

You know, that's abalone and

then the pink part is a sandstone.

That's wonderful, sweetie.

- Congratulations.
- Thanks.

I was thinking of doing
something with the...

like the mexican muralists
did in the '40s.

Yeah, like a Buckner
bulldog with a sombrero?

I think cameos are making a comeback.

- It's beautiful.
- Honey, I don't think she heard you.

I hope you wear it when we go
to tea at the Ainsley house.

Oh, we always go to tea

every time grandma comes to visit.

Sounds fun.

Yeah, tea and scones... it's a real gas.

- See you later.
- Just the man I wanted to see.

Hey! so did you get a chance
to listen to those tracks?

That's what I wanted to see you about...

these sound like your old songs.

No, that's new stuff.

They could be Guitar Face B-sides.

I thought you were
experimenting with a new sound.

Uhh, it's acoustic.

So you plug in, add Wilke's bass

and voilà Guitar face.

Okay, uh...

Any good news?

Look, you wanted me to help you

and I'm taking this seriously.

You're talented and you
have better songs in you.

You just gotta break some old habits.

Change is a good thing.

I've got practice. I'll call you later.

Daphne?

- Hey! What are you doing here?
- Hi, Monica.

Don't you go to that deaf school?

I do, but I play basketball here.

- It's a long story.
- Oh, I know,

I saw it in the paper.
From East Riverside to Mission Hills.

It's like a real-life telenovela.

"La paloma del barrio."

- Do you go to school here?
- No.

They let us barrio girls
use the track here.

White guilt. But it's way
better than our busted track.

Do you still play midnight
madness basketball?

Yeah, but it's a bunch of scrubs.

- You and me could take 'em all.
- Mm-hmm.

Hey, Daphne, do you remember

if I had my watch with
me in cooking class?

Um, I don't know.

Because I could have sworn I had it

in my locker and it's not there now.

Why did you look at me when you said that?

I didn't look at you.

Should I?

This is Monica. I know her from...

They told us we could change in here.

- Who did?
- Your coach.

I didn't steal your watch.

It's just funny because

nothing has ever been missing
from my locker before,

and then today you and
your girls show up and...

And what?

Forget it.

- And what? finish it!
- Hey, don't touch me!

Hey, stop it. Cut it out!

What the hell's going on?

I never said that she stole my watch.

I just said that nothing had
gone missing before today.

Kennish, how did you get involved?

It's Vasquez.

And I didn't. I was trying to stop it.

That's not what it looked like to me.

- That girl hit me first!
- Enough.

I should suspend both of you,

but I think the lesson **.

- What lesson?
- That just because

they're from East Riverside

- it doesn't make them thieves.
- I didn't...

You have one week to complete four hours

of community service in East Riverside.

Mrs. Graham's class will be doing

a project there this week and

I told her you'd be joining them.

Uh...

Maybe spending some time in that

neighborhood will teach you

to respect the people
that come from there.

- Oh, hi.
- Is Regina in?

- Yes, come on in.
- Sorry to intrude.

But my mom wanted to meet all of you.

So, mom, this is Regina, Daphne's mother.

- Oh, I'm Bonnie.
- Nice to meet you.

Very nice to meet you.
I've heard a lot about you.

- Oh, oh...
- Uh, mom,

This is Adrianna Vasquez.
She's Regina's mother.

Uh, con mucho gusto.

It's the only spanish I know.

That's all right. I speak english.

Of course, yes.

I love what you've done with the place.

What happened to all the squirrels?

A few of them... ran off.

But I painted a little and
put up some of my stuff.

Oh, mom, Regina painted that.

She's very artistic. I think that's

where Bay gets her talent from.

What do you think Bay might
have gotten from her father?

Aha! that is grandma's way of being nosy

- without trying to be nosy.
- I just want

to know where you came from darling.

- You can't blame me.
- Mom, look. This is Daphne

- when she's little, look.
- She's five there.

Oh my... that face,

do you think maybe I could get
a photo for my album at home?

Maybe from her baptism or first communion.

I'm assuming that you're catholic.

I am.

Regina's "recovering."

- I don't go to church anymore.
- Oh.

I only go to church under protest

so I'm pretty godless too grandma.

Hey, can you put on headphones

if you're going to string** your guitar

I'm trying to create
important art over here.

So important that it stays
in your garage all day?

For your information, I'm doing the panel

for the Buckner wall of honor.

it's my first punt out of commission.

Oh yeah, the bulldog with the sombrero.

It wasn't funny the first
time you said it either.

- Dad laughed.
- Exactly.

That stuff kinda sounded like Radiohead.

I thought Guitar Face was, like,
a poor man's kings of leon?

I'm experimenting,
thinking about going solo.

Simone is actually trying
to get me some gigs.

Simone?

I know you two aren't
friends since... whenever.

- We don't need to go there.
- Good,

'cause that' between you two.

Was it Simone's idea to start

experimenting with a different sound.

It's what she does.
She tries to mold people

into what she wants them to be.

But whatever.

Here. Headphones, please.

So in Scottsdale all the car
washes use recycled water

because, well, it's the desert.

But in Kansas City
you have plenty of water

so we don't recycle. But what if we did?

- I don't know.
- We'd be a green business.

- Oh.
- We'd keep the customers we have

and then we'd pull in new customers

who had an axe to grind with the environment

or ** saving water.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

So do you remember that friend
I made on the alaskan cruise?

Oh yeah, I heard about him.

He was from Scottsdale and

before he retired,
he was an advertising guru.

So I had him do some mock-ups
for a billboard campaign.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Nice, huh?

I think this is overdoing it.

The trash pick-up was probably enough.

Two more hours.

Hey, how did you know about that

shortcut ** street.

I used to live a few blocks over.
I know all the shortcuts.

- You lived in East Riverside?
- That's how I know Monica.

I thought you knew.
It was in the newspaper...

- Me, Bay, the switch.
- Yeah, but

I thought it said
you were from **side.

See you later.

Seriously?

Just stay quiet.

Hey, Monica.

What are you doing here?

We got in trouble for the fight.

They punished you by making you
"give back to the 'hood?"

That's whack.

You wanna go another round, flaca?

I just want my watch back
if you haven't pawned it already.

Simone, stop. Monica,
if you just let us finish

we'll get out of here and you'll

never have to see Simone again.

Simone? even her name's fancy.

And don't get like that just because you

live in Mission Hills now, right?

I'm the same Daphne I was before.
my name is still Vasquez.

Till you change it to something white.

You never looked like any
Vasquez I ever knew anyway.

All class.

Aren't you glad you live
in Mission Hills now?

Now that I know she's a vegetarian

I'm gonna have to find
some meatless stew recipes.

I'm really glad
you're getting alone with Daphne.

Why wouldn't I?

Because she's deaf? Katy...

I know, it's silly.

I think it's really nice
that you gave her the cameo,

but I always thought you
were saving that for Bay.

Oh, well, to be honest, I... I was.

You know how much I love cookie.

But I was thinking that

I should keep it in the family.

Well, nobody loves Bay more than I do,

but, you know, blood is blood.

And Daphne is your daughter.

I mean, look at those freckles.

Bay is my daughter too, mom.

I know, but...

But what? what?

I'm just saying... well,
in terms of school,

how many tutors did you have to use

just to get her **high.

And even then she barely made it.

So this is about a report card?

A lot of people are bad at math,

and Bay is a brilliant artist.

You should see how fast

she picked up sign language too, mom.

Meanwhile Daphne...

with a single parent and a handicap

and growing up in a ghetto?
I mean she made straight "A"s.

- That's your daughter.
- It's not a handicap, mom.

- It... it...
- Look, do you remember

the Lewises across the street

and they adopted this korean baby who

grew up to be a national mer**.

The Lewises don't even know what

a national mer** is.

Biology tells us what we are.

It's not that simple.

I love Bay, I always will,

but I can't help it.

I can't pretend

that I don't see her differently now.

Almost done.

Oh wow, that looks great as a necklace!

Your grandma is going to be very happy.

Will everyone be this dressed up?

Oh well, not really.

We'll be the only ones wearing hats.

We started doing it when Bay was six

and it just stuck.

Here you go.

Look at that.

You were born to wear that hat!

C'mere.

- Kathryn, I...
- Don't worry. If you have any doubts,

just watch us and do what do.

Except for Bay. Don't watch...

Where is Bay?

Bay! Bay!

Jeez, mom, you scared me.

I've been calling you for an hour.

Daphne and your grandma are waiting
for us at the Ainsley house.

Just go without me, okay?
Grandma won't care.

Oh no, you don't.
I have your clothes in the car.

- You can change while I drive.
- My car's here. I can drive.

We're late already.
We're gonna miss our reservation.

Calm down. Mom, every time
grandma comes here you get crazy.

That's because, believe it or not,
some of us still care

about what our mothers think.

Now wash that paint off and let's go.

Yes, I know.

I'm sorry too.

Thank you.

Was that immigration?

Actually, it was the equipment
vendor for the salon.

He's agreed to buy back most

of the stuff he sold
me for a small penalty.

So now I have no Angelo and no salon.

- I didn't mean for that to happen.
- You interfered.

When Daphne was five years
old and you were struggling

and I came to live with you,
you didn't call it interference.

You called it help.

Well, I'm not struggling anymore.

I don't know, it seems like
it would have been strange

for you to go from that
place to Mission Hills.

You must have experienced
some kind of culture shock.

- Our house wasn't that bad.
- Oh, I'm not talking about the house.

I'm talking about
the environment as a whole.

- She wasn't living in Baghdad, grandma.
- I'm just saying

that the only time you hear

about East Riverside in
the news is for crime.

Mom, could you just
give it a rest, please?

East Riverside has many different parts.

She just can't believe
you survived living there...

- Away from your real people.
- Bay.

I mean, you must have
constantly have been a target

for all those ethnic people
who actually belong there.

- Don't put words in my mouth.
- They were already there.

- I was just pulling them out.
- Bay.

Bay!

- Bay, Bay. Where are you going?
- Anywhere.

You know she tends to

talk before she thinks.
That's just grandma.

- I heard what she said last night.
- Oh no. Honey,

that's not true... any of it.

But the thing is that she's right.

No. No, she's not.

I'm not like her. I'm not like you.

I'm a whole other race.
My name is supposed to be Vasquez.

Grandma is not the last person
who's going to think that

that automatically means
that I'm bad at school

or illegal or whatever.

Mom, I have never had to think
about what that feels like

until now and...

have you?

No. No, wait!

Baby, I'll just get my purse.
We'll get out of here.

No, mom, just stay.

I'll take a cab.

I just want to be alone right now, please.

Oh.

Yes!

- See? Now that is what I'm talking about.
- You like?

Yes! That's what I've been waiting for.

Thank you.

So I have some pretty exciting news.

I got you an audition
for a spot in the lineup

for this year's "Treads & threads."

That charity thing at the speedway?

That's awesome! How did you swing that?

I got skills.

Plus my mom is one of the organizers.

But the talent coordinator
wants to meet with you,

and I was thinking we could

work on your look...
kind of edge it up a bit.

You wanna project something more
serious than "Mission Hills kid"

"who jams with his buddies
from time to time."

Look, we'll go shopping...

- I don't want to go shopping.
- I know guys hate shopping.

No, I don't want a new look.

Well, the event is "Treads & threads."

Clothes are kind of a big part of it.

Is that it or is this just an excuse

for you to mold me into something
that you want me to be?

Mold you? What are you talking ab...

You know, that sounds
very similar to something

that Bay said to me right
before we stopped being friends.

Well yeah, she warned me
that you were like this.

- Like what?
- Controlling?

I told her she was wrong,
but honestly I'm not so sure.

Well, maybe you should ask Bay
to help launch your solo act

and be your girlfriend 'cause I quit.

- Daphne?
- I'm here to play.

Is this another
"Give back to the 'hood" project?

- You get in trouble again?
- No.

- So you're just slumming?
- I'm not slumming.

- I grew up here too.
- But you live in Mission Hills now.

- So?
- So this ain't the "Wizard of Oz."

You can't go home again.

- Oh!
- Oh hi.

I told myself I was going
to read one chapter,

and that was four chapters ago.

I need to talk with you, mom.

I just... I don't understand this.

I don't understand any of this.

I... I'm so sorry about what happened.

But you had such a special
relationship with her.

How could a little blood
test change all that?

Okay look,

you can judge me all you want
for saying this out loud,

but I know that the minute
that blood test came back

you looked at her differently too.

I didn't. That's crazy.

I mean why would I?

Because she's not your D.N.A.

Daphne is. You carried her.

Regina carried Bay.
She has the connection with Bay

that you are never gonna have.

You carried me.

We share the same D.N.A.

And right now

I couldn't feel any less connected to you.

That is ridiculous.

The thing is
it's the opposite of the truth.

What does that even mean?

I feel so much closer to Bay than Daphne,

- and I carried Daphne.
- Of course you do.

Bay's been with us for 16 years.

Daphne sometimes feels
like a stranger to me

even though she's my flesh and blood.
It's just... it's...

- it's all mixed up.
- You know what's mixed up? What's mixed up

is that your mother has

this huge problem with the fact
that Bay is Puerto Rican.

Okay? You and I do not have that problem.

End of story.

You remember when Felipe

and his crew were
painting the dining room?

- Yeah?
- I locked up the silver.

But when that electrician...
who was white...

was there to fix
the dimmer switch on the chandelier,

I didn't even think about the silver.

So what does that say about me?

I don't know.

But I tell you one thing:

your mother would never have welcomed

Regina and Adrianna into her home,

and made them both feel like
they're part of her family.

That's something you did.
You're not your mother.

Never will be. And you know what else?

I'm buying your mom out of the car wash.

- Uh, you can't do that.
- Yes, I can.

What makes you think that
she's going to let you?

I'm going to give her double
the value for her shares.

And it'll be worth it to give
her one less reason to visit us.

Hey, she is my mother.

Yeah, and Bay is our daughter.

And if your mother does
not have the decency

to give our daughter some consideration

then I don't feel like
I have to give her any either.

And I'm giving her
the check tomorrow morning

Right before she leaves.

- You know what?
- Hmm?

Let me give it to her.

- Oh.
- Can I come in?

Yeah.

- There you go.
- Thanks.

- Is that cinnamon?
- Mm-hmm.

It's how they serve it at
my favorite bakery in East Riverside...

Mexican style.

I probably should have
already known that, huh?

I didn't until I discovered it.

Being latina is not some sort of program

you can download into
your brain like in "The matrix."

First Emmett with "Aliens"
and now you with "The matrix."

I have got to watch more sci-fi.

It's a culture.

I mean, you live it

and learn about it.

I've known about being part
Puerto Rican for a little while now,

and I guess I never thought
about what it meant

until I heard grandma say what she said.

Most of the time when
people say things like this

it's more ignorance than out of meanness.

You are taking this way
better than I thought.

When Daphne got her first hearing aids

and we were learning to sign,

people would just stare.

It made me so angry.

I would say "What are you
looking at? She's deaf!"

But it didn't make me feel any better

and they still stared.

- So I should just ignore grandma?
- No.

I don't know her well enough

to tell you what you could
say to change her mind.

What would you say?

A few choice words that aren't
appropriate for children.

Everybody is different.

And unfortunately,

you are going to have to deal
with this again in your future.

You'll learn what works best for you

and you will deal with it.

Can I ask you another favor?

Let me see your sketch again.

Do you think we can fix it by tomorrow?

Sure.

It's gonna take us awhile though.

Better get to work.

- What?
- It's just that

no one in my family's ever
painted with me before.

Well, we'll see how much help I am.

I'm a little rusty, you know.

Come on.

Good morning, darling.

Good morning.

Hey.

So what's so secret you
had to drag me out here?

My phone's not tapped, you know.

It's not secret, but I did
want to talk to you in person.

I'm sorry about the other day.

How could you you let Bay
poison the well between us?

Look, let's just leave her out of this.

I'm glad that you ** me
to go on my own with my music.

There's a "But" coming.

But I've been dressing
myself since I was three.

Okay, I got a little carried away.

From now on, my music is my business.

I know that's it's
your business. I never...

No, all of it. My songs,

my look, my gigs...

I'll take care of it.

Gee, am I still allowed to hear you play?

I always play better when you're there.

Are you still my girlfriend?

That depends.

I can't dress you.

But can I undress you?

What's this?

I'm moving in with
Gloria in East Riverside.

- You're moving out?
- I think we both need a break.

You need some space.

Fine. Did you tell Daphne?

Not yet, but I will.

I'll be out by tonight.

Hi.

Mmm, I love that quote.

Here.

- You took it back from Daphne?
- No no.

She gave it back to me.

She said she didn't feel right keeping it

when it really belonged to you.

She's right.

Why? I don't have freckles
and I don't make good grades.

Please, your mom already yelled at me.

So will you take it?

Grandma, do you really
see me differently now?

Don't you see yourself differently?

This whole experience
has been hardest on you.

Although it hasn't been that
easy for the rest of us.

I love you so much, cookie.

I'm so sorry I hurt your feelings.

I hope you keep it.

Regina?

Is everything all right?

I just saw Adrianna with suitcases.

I was so angry at her for
what she did to Angelo.

I thought I wanted her gone.

She makes me crazy but...

But she's your mom.

I'll put these in the trunk, grandma.

Thanks, honey. Now make sure that

that fertilizer you get
is for acid-loving plants.

Those shrubs along the fence
are just screaming for it.

I heard you the first time. Look, mom,

I didn't mean to spring this on
you on your way out the door,

but John and I were talking
about the car washes and...

Oh. I already talked to
John about the car wash.

- You did?
- Yeah, I gave him

the mock-ups for the green
advertising campaign.

Would you make sure he looks it over?

- M-mo...
- There they are!

Bye, grandma Bonnie. Have a safe flight.

Thanks, honey. I will.

I can't wait to see you
girls in Scottsdale.

I can't wait to show you around
East Riverside next time.

Oooh.

Bye, cookie.

Bye, grandma.

Goodbye.

This is for you.

It's your share of the car washes.

We wanted to pay you back.

John and I appreciate your investment,

but we can handle it from now on.

Hey, grandma, we don't want to be late.

Oh, right.

- Thank you for everything.
- Bye, Katy.

Bye, mom.

- Call me when you get there.
- Yeah.

Oh, did I miss the fireworks?

No, no fireworks.

Thanks mi amor.

I think that's everything.

We've only been gone a few months ago

and it's already gotten worse around here.

It looks the same.

You're just seeing it through
Mission Hills eyes now.

Do you think I've changed?

Changed? How?

Everyone keeps telling me

I'm this or I'm that or
I should be this or I should be that...

Don't listen to them.

I wasn't confused

when it was just you and me and mom,

but then we moved to Mission Hills

and Angelo came back

and now you're moving out and...

I'm just going to be across town.

Listen to me:

your zip code changed,

you didn't.

You're Daphne Vasquez.

Do you understand?